Ireland's Celtic Tiger: Back on the Hunt Leaders from industry, government, and the CRO community examine Ireland's future as a magnet for life science investments, and what the nation must do to remain the leading exporter of finished pharmaceutical products.

Should they stay or should they go? What would a yes vote in Scotland's independence referendum mean for chemistry? With just a few weeks to go, that's the question put to academics and industrialists.

Call for new models to pay for antibiotics Governments will need to think seriously about changing the way they pay for the drugs. That's the conclusion of a report from the UK House of Commons science and technology committee.